A CRA expert provided input to the Canadian Competition Bureau in its evaluation of the proposed merger of two branded pharmaceutical manufacturers. CRA’s team considered the ability and incentive of the merging parties to increase the price of a branded pharmaceutical following the merger. Aspects of this consideration included setting out the features of list and net pricing of branded drugs in the Canadian pharmaceutical marketplace, and the various constraints and factors that bear on those prices.
Trends in competition in the United States: what does the evidence show?
Has the United States economy become less competitive in recent decades? One might think so based on a body of research that has rapidly become influential for...